Population in Iraq compared to Venezuela: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Iraq and Venezuela: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iraq	Venezuela	Iraq	Venezuela
1960	7,022,052	8,160,090	-	-
1961	7,194,553	8,455,915	2.46%	3.63%
1962	7,413,875	8,756,870	3.05%	3.56%
1963	7,667,928	9,064,021	3.43%	3.51%
1964	7,929,566	9,377,712	3.41%	3.46%
1965	8,202,140	9,697,790	3.44%	3.41%
1966	8,485,104	10,024,854	3.45%	3.37%
1967	8,778,869	10,358,513	3.46%	3.33%
1968	9,085,016	10,697,530	3.49%	3.27%
1969	9,403,356	11,040,280	3.5%	3.2%
1970	9,735,611	11,387,790	3.53%	3.15%
1971	10,077,809	11,741,008	3.51%	3.1%
1972	10,430,164	12,099,180	3.5%	3.05%
1973	10,795,869	12,463,537	3.51%	3.01%
1974	11,167,761	12,835,351	3.44%	2.98%
1975	11,543,639	13,215,892	3.37%	2.96%
1976	11,927,651	13,606,284	3.33%	2.95%
1977	12,331,046	14,006,812	3.38%	2.94%
1978	12,753,355	14,416,684	3.42%	2.93%
1979	13,170,365	14,834,552	3.27%	2.9%
1980	13,591,992	15,258,218	3.2%	2.86%
1981	14,006,381	15,687,297	3.05%	2.81%
1982	14,406,083	16,121,874	2.85%	2.77%
1983	14,840,555	16,562,205	3.02%	2.73%
1984	15,310,733	17,008,841	3.17%	2.7%
1985	15,683,430	17,461,434	2.43%	2.66%
1986	16,074,145	17,923,536	2.49%	2.65%
1987	16,521,049	18,394,963	2.78%	2.63%
1988	16,908,819	18,871,020	2.35%	2.59%
1989	17,364,542	19,348,921	2.7%	2.53%
1990	17,581,206	19,827,010	1.25%	2.47%
1991	17,767,253	20,304,896	1.06%	2.41%
1992	18,300,845	20,780,948	3%	2.34%
1993	19,201,195	21,254,520	4.92%	2.28%
1994	20,139,807	21,725,188	4.89%	2.21%
1995	20,825,860	22,193,821	3.41%	2.16%
1996	21,501,321	22,662,113	3.24%	2.11%
1997	22,176,593	23,131,685	3.14%	2.07%
1998	22,884,399	23,601,337	3.19%	2.03%
1999	23,636,527	24,066,593	3.29%	1.97%
2000	24,424,056	24,526,708	3.33%	1.91%
2001	25,197,840	24,979,922	3.17%	1.85%
2002	26,006,559	25,435,671	3.21%	1.82%
2003	26,802,659	25,892,703	3.06%	1.8%
2004	27,577,878	26,340,838	2.89%	1.73%
2005	28,407,448	26,785,804	3.01%	1.69%
2006	28,616,515	27,224,686	0.74%	1.64%
2007	28,391,607	27,649,363	-0.79%	1.56%
2008	28,971,036	28,053,696	2.04%	1.46%
2009	30,058,206	28,438,298	3.75%	1.37%
2010	31,045,366	28,813,101	3.28%	1.32%
2011	32,161,424	29,185,212	3.59%	1.29%
2012	33,654,842	29,553,826	4.64%	1.26%
2013	35,281,989	29,912,198	4.83%	1.21%
2014	36,550,059	30,254,079	3.59%	1.14%
2015	37,560,535	30,573,972	2.76%	1.06%
2016	38,469,627	30,765,720	2.42%	0.63%
2017	39,337,353	30,565,323	2.26%	-0.65%
2018	40,265,624	29,807,592	2.36%	-2.48%
2019	41,192,171	28,938,098	2.3%	-2.92%
2020	42,116,605	28,444,077	2.24%	-1.71%
2021	43,071,211	28,237,826	2.27%	-0.73%
2022	44,070,551	28,213,017	2.32%	-0.09%
2023	45,074,049	28,300,854	2.28%	0.31%
2024	46,042,015	28,405,543	2.15%	0.37%
2025	47,020,778	28,516,898	2.13%	0.39%
2026	48,007,435	28,633,718	2.1%	0.41%
2027	48,987,424	28,758,565	2.04%	0.44%
2028	49,960,955	28,885,166	1.99%	0.44%
2029	50,943,339	29,014,444	1.97%	0.45%
2030	51,937,208	29,151,809	1.95%	0.47%
2031	52,934,373	29,295,744	1.92%	0.49%
2032	53,953,395	29,442,534	1.93%	0.5%
2033	54,985,129	29,587,099	1.91%	0.49%
2034	56,012,641	29,735,159	1.87%	0.5%
2035	57,035,917	29,883,329	1.83%	0.5%
2036	58,071,740	30,020,167	1.82%	0.46%
2037	59,109,258	30,146,546	1.79%	0.42%
2038	60,132,232	30,268,328	1.73%	0.4%
2039	61,174,679	30,386,284	1.73%	0.39%
2040	62,223,208	30,495,445	1.71%	0.36%
2041	63,249,167	30,590,207	1.65%	0.31%
2042	64,260,847	30,674,532	1.6%	0.28%
2043	65,257,000	30,749,671	1.55%	0.24%
2044	66,237,772	30,813,805	1.5%	0.21%
2045	67,204,176	30,871,490	1.46%	0.19%
2046	68,150,060	30,923,463	1.41%	0.17%
2047	69,098,087	30,974,366	1.39%	0.16%
2048	70,050,118	31,021,600	1.38%	0.15%
2049	70,999,566	31,059,954	1.36%	0.12%
2050	71,928,759	31,094,884	1.31%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iraq increased by 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iraq gained 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

Iraq was ranked 38th most populous country in 2005 and is 34th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Iraq's population will grow by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people with a rank change from 34th to 28th. The population of Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.